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No more steps in Bullard saga
16/04/2008 13:09 - (SA)
Johannesburg - The SA Human Rights Commission would not pursue two complaints it received about the controversial column that led to writer David Bullard being fired from the Sunday Times, spokesperson Vincent Moaga said on Wednesday.
This was because the newspaper had apologised, he said. "We received two complaints about Mr Bullard's column but because the Sunday Times apologised we will not be taking it any further."
Bullard was fired by editor Mondli Makhanya after writing a column entitled "Uncolonised Africa wouldn't know what it was missing" - which described a hypothetical South Africa, had the "evil white man" not come "to disturb the rustic idyll of the early black settlers".
In its apology the newspaper said: "The Sunday Times subscribes to nonracialism and is committed to building a South Africa based on the values enshrined in the Constitution.
"We will not be a platform for views which undermine the values of our publication.
"... We apologise to readers who were offended by the column."
Moaga said it was enough that the newspaper, and not Bullard, had apologised, because he was writing as a columnist for them.
Bullard was not immediately available for comment.
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